British Transport Police are investigating claims that four football fans, believed to be supporters of Chelsea, were kicked off a train on Sunday evening for racist chanting.
The four men, were forced off the train from London to Manchester by security after complaints were made following alleged racial chanting.
The incident follows Chelsea’s 2-0 League Cup win over Tottenham Hotspur and further puts the Stamford Bridge outfit in bad light after previous incidents in February.
“Shortly after 10.30pm on Sunday, 1 March, officers were called to meet a Euston-to-Manchester Piccadilly train at Stoke, following reports of racist and abusive behaviour by a number of passengers, said to be football fans,” a British Transport Police spokesman is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
“Colleagues from Staffordshire Police also attended. Officers asked four men to leave the train at Stoke. We have spoken to two witnesses, and investigations continue.
“Rail passengers and staff have the right to travel and work in peace. Abusive behaviour on trains and at stations is unacceptable, and we will not hesitate to investigate any such incidents.”
Chelsea recently recently banned five men for a now famous incident in Paris where they blocked a black man from boarding a train and chanting racial songs in his direction.